Calgary Stampeders 1956 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the WIFU

Calgary Stampeders 1956 Season Resources 1956 CGY Team Roster 1956 CGY Attendance

Exhibition
Regular Season

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
Ex	Wed Aug 8 11:30 PM	TOR 28 @ CGY 13	L	10,000
Ex	Sat Aug 11	CGY 7 @ HAM	W	8,000

Week	Date/Time (EDT	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Sat Aug 18 11:30 PM	BC 17 @ CGY 14	L	12,889
2	Sat Aug 25	CGY 22 @ EDM 23	L	16,500
2	Mon Aug 27	CGY 15 @ WPG 16	L	16,687
3	Sat Sep 1 11:30 PM	SSK 17 @ CGY 27	W	12,000
4	Sat Sep 8 11:30 PM	CGY 15 @ BC 45	L	28,737
4	Mon Sep 10 11:30 PM	EDM 28 @ CGY 15	L	12,000
5	Sat Sep 15 11:30 PM	WPG 6 @ CGY 16	W	12,789
5	Mon Sep 17 10:00 PM	CGY 1 @ SSK 18	L	14,000
6	Sat Sep 22	CGY @ EDM 52	L	20,000
7	Sat Sep 29 11:30 PM	WPG 37 @ CGY 14	L	12,000
8	Sat Oct 6 11:30 PM	CGY 7 @ BC 24	L	25,663
8	Mon Oct 8 10:30 PM	EDM 36 @ CGY 8	L	11,261
9	Mon Oct 15 10:30 PM	BC 22 @ CGY 21	L	10,000
10	Sat Oct 20	CGY 25 @ WPG 17	W	15,922
10	Mon Oct 22 10:30 PM	SSK 19 @ CGY 29	W	9,000
11	Sat Oct 27 3:30 PM	CGY @ SSK 33	L	8,000

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	There was no Pre-Season schedule in 1956.
Regular Season	16	4	12	0	8	229	410	L1	2-4-0
Home	8	3	5	0	6	144	182	W1	2-4-0
Visitor	8	1	7	0	2	85	228	L1	1-5-0

Full 1956 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	3 (2-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	4 (2-2-0)	3 (1-2-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 2nd	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (0-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (1-6-0)	3 (2-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	12 (1-11-0)
After 3rd	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	3 (1-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	6 (4-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	4 (4-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	12 (0-12-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ CGY	CGY @
Divisional	0.563	3-5-0 (8)	1-7-0 (8)
Non-Divisional	0.000	0-0-0 (0)	0-0-0 (0)
BC Lions (4)	0.375	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Edmonton Elks (4)	0.688	0-2-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (4)	0.625	2-0-0 (2)	0-2-0 (2)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (4)	0.563	1-1-0 (2)	1-1-0 (2)

Summary
By Quarter

	1956	1955 +/-
Average Combined Score	39.94	+8.19
Average Winning Score	24.25	+7.00
Average Losing Score	11.00	-0.67
Average Home Score	18.00	+4.75
Average Visitor Score	10.63	-2.25
Average Margin of Victory	9.50	+0.75
Average Margin of Loss	18.25	+7.83

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Calgary	36	17	53	12	15	27	41	40	81	55	13	68	144 (18.0)	85 (10.6)	229 (14.3)
Opponent	33	52	85	77	79	156	52	46	98	20	51	71	228 (28.5)	182 (22.8)	410 (25.6)

Head Coaches

Otis Douglas, Jr. (Sept. 24, 1956 – Aug. 18, 1960)
Tommy Thompson* (Sept. 19, 1956 – Sept. 24, 1956)
Jack Hennemier (Jan. 20, 1955 – Sept. 19, 1956)

Player Awards
All Stars

1956 Player Awards and Nominations

1956 Most Outstanding

Player — Earl Lunsford (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Dick Huffman (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Harry Langford (Team Nominee)

Calgary Stampeders 1956 All-Star Selections

2 All-Division Selections

G	Harry Langford
DT	Dick Huffman

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1956 Calgary Stampeders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Phil Muntz (FB)	Toronto
2–2 (11)		Ted Roman (T)	Western Ontario
3–2 (20)		Ted Taporowski (T)	McGill
4–2 (29)		Bill Bell (T)	McMaster